The writing talent on this show....no wonder it's so good and sharp 25 years later. This is arguably the greatest line-up of comedy writers ever assembled
Love how Peter O'hanraha-hanrahan starts off the back and forth with Chris so confidently and then gradually crumbles. "Ich nichten lichten" awesome!!!!
MrAristaeus yeah, I love the woman who'd cracked Peter walking her out of shot, I figure that's the point where she's like "it's okay, we're filming something for the BBC..."
I lost it when we witness Partridge’s incredulity at finding out jockeys are in fact, small in stature people, and not children. He’s so damn bewildered. 😆😆
God, everything's so well done. The way the lady picks up the little signs she's made, not even bothering to talk. Her co-worker silently complicit in this behaviour. How Alan Partridge pulls the jockey towards the camera in the interview. Stuff like that really sells the comedy
I think the same thing about the actual BBC news. Still not sure if it's supposed to be satire or not. Is Bill Turnball just a super-convincing Chris Morris?
I'm willing to accept it as a comment on how tone-deaf most rock music press/media can be (especially in the 90s MTV heyday), but yeah, it's a pretty fucking horrible gag.
Absolute razor-sharp satire of a hitherto unimagined dimension. You have to run it through a few times to fully appreciate how exquisitely incisive it is. No wonder it didn't last long - it's far too brilliant.
3:05 - I really like this subtle piss take at BBC Weather team always ignoring Northern Ireland back then. I remember Northern Ireland would be totally missed by the weather forecaster at times, and they dug into that here.
"An exploded cardinal, now does sermons from fish tank" dude the writing in this is so beyond words. I've seen his series a couple times: the writing in his projects is so next level and amazing. And there are so many things that you miss + 420
Seriously, I've been randomly saying "Where now for man raised by puffins?", at select moments, since 1994! It was my absolute favourite spleen bursting line of the series!
From Fur Q calling Mark Goodyear literally every curse name under the sun, to a seamless transition to the final shot of Rok Tv's title, deep inside Cher's naughty bits. Masterful! ( and exactly how I'd always imagined the journey would look)
Actually with Brexit the Germans will acquire the Brits percentage and will have 42.5% . WELL DONE YOU BREXITEERS LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE HANDED THE GERMANS
Funny how crap Google Translate was 9 years ago. That’s some atrocious German. Try something like: „Es ist zwar nicht erfreulich, aber ich werde diese Entscheidung mittragen müssen.“
I can't believe this is 25 years old now - a tribute to the exceptionally high standard of the writing - it hasn't aged at all. And is it just me, or does the news studio look like the ITN/ITV News set from about 5 years ago? The 'out-of-control' graphics exactly match the modern style of Sky and ITV!
Love the way Peter O’Hanrar hanrahanrahan gets punched in the background of the Hellwyn Ballard piece. …and since when have Devon and Cornwall been on the South East? 😂
"i can keep your pound, but i cant let you in the pool" merciless council retail
We never did learn more about the controversy over the new police shirts
I feel like I already know what the problem might be
Their new hand puppets loved them
i mean it's a tad small-ish
It’s actually on the dvd under bonus contents for people who give a damn.
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE thought-provoking
“... let’s hope that that tomfoolery doesn’t escalate into blind ugly violence.” 😂
So many great lines in this show. "Proof if proof be need be" is one that I still try to slip into conversations
I like to use "in the immediately future"!
"The dentist managed to escape on a nearby yacht, but the dentee was less fortunate."
I have used "I don't like but ill have to go along with it" more than I should
“It’s bigger than that Chris, it’s large.”
Grasp the candle and bang on
The writing talent on this show....no wonder it's so good and sharp 25 years later. This is arguably the greatest line-up of comedy writers ever assembled
Chrisman Spurs -
And the acting brilliance of the ENTIRE cast didn't do it any harm, either !
How much better it could have been if half of them weren't killed by that collapsed paddock.
@Luka Anakin my girlfriend killed herself after an argument with me. I think I should probably kill myself.
Love how Peter O'hanraha-hanrahan starts off the back and forth with Chris so confidently and then gradually crumbles. "Ich nichten lichten" awesome!!!!
Oh Peter, you've lost the news!
@@RJRC_105 .... sorry...
That whole "is this cool?" portion nearly killed me.
when smashes her head thru the glass had me on the floor
Its taking the piss out of health scare campaigns by going totally overboard trying to drill their point home.
@@optimisticwhovian1726 I don't feel like anyone here thought that was ambiguous
road safety increases to 100%
It's a perfect case study for how repetition makes something stupidly simple, *extremely* funny.
It's been over 20 years and I've only just now noticed what looks like Peter O'hanraha-hanrahan getting smacked in the background at 01:40.
Nicely spotted, damn
holy shit i've never spotted that either
Steve of the Dead Did you spot the concerned lady in blue who must've thought she had witnessed an assault?
MrAristaeus yeah, I love the woman who'd cracked Peter walking her out of shot, I figure that's the point where she's like "it's okay, we're filming something for the BBC..."
Steve of the Dead well spotted!
Chris's disturbed look everytime he throws to the weather report is one of my favorite subtle running jokes.
I was going to say, even Chris seems perturbed by this guy.
I love how Chris seems vaguely creeped out by the weather man.
Chris Morris doing the music section all on his own!!!! Unbelievable talent!
"Hellwyn, Colin, Chris. Hellwyn, Chris, Hellwyn."
"Chris!"
"Hellwyn"
Just has to have the last word.
I lost it when we witness Partridge’s incredulity at finding out jockeys are in fact, small in stature people, and not children. He’s so damn bewildered. 😆😆
That smile Collaterlie does at 4:41 is classic. They get the mannerisms and facial expressions so spot on in this.
Trading remains succulent
I thought she cracked for a second.
The dentist escaped on a nearby yacht...😂😂😂
the dentee was less fortunate
"You gotta kill people to respect people"
All the characters and parody in this show is spot on. The writers and cast are amazing.
God, everything's so well done. The way the lady picks up the little signs she's made, not even bothering to talk. Her co-worker silently complicit in this behaviour. How Alan Partridge pulls the jockey towards the camera in the interview. Stuff like that really sells the comedy
I love that they genuinely covered birds in pasta
Another Pasta slick.... drenched in linguini.
This hasn't aged a day. You'd swear this was actually a legitimate news programme from the current BBC.
I think the same thing about the actual BBC news. Still not sure if it's supposed to be satire or not. Is Bill Turnball just a super-convincing Chris Morris?
moodini99 - I'm not actually the sure the BBC staff are that self aware.
Iain Robb when they did a horse I think I saw young Simon pegg
Not enough leftist bias and Islam apologetics.
Tozmo M Give it a rest you chopper
Jesus that Ian Curtis scene was brutal
waste of life, and internet Chris Morris did actually apologise to the Curtis family for that joke - the only joke he's apologised for
Dr. phill I didn't know he had apologised.Morris is brilliant,but that was cruel and horrible.
whose "Internet Chris Morris" is he a computerised duplicate of the real Chris Morris? @@emer157
@@optimisticwhovian1726 "waste of life and Internet" is the name of the person he replied to
I'm willing to accept it as a comment on how tone-deaf most rock music press/media can be (especially in the 90s MTV heyday), but yeah, it's a pretty fucking horrible gag.
I've seen this episode countless times but I've only just noticed Peter O'Hanarahanrahan getting punched in the background of the first report!
Thank you for pointing that out, 6 years later I saw this comment and it changed my life
Wait until you see the bearau du change on a truck race by in the background of the street drugs report with them all fighting in a later ep
I love how convincingly hateable the woman at the desk in the pool is. I've come across actual people like that.
A live a minute away from the pool but it changed it's manegment
Cum across you say...hmmmm
"I haven't got the authority to, like, give you 25p"
Zak Waddington cool story bro
I'd respond proper, but I ain't got the aufority.
Ha ha “I had to wait 3 weeks for an appointment”… heaven!!
"Proof if proof be need be"
Always tickles me haha.
Also, interesting precursor to Peep Show in this episode
:)
Looks more like 'The Family' to me.
Oh yeah.... That too ha
:)
did Peep Show steal their shtick from this? it's essentially the same concept
mate i quote "proof if proof be need be" all the time
"Hello peasant."
"How do you do?"
The pool lady is very accurate from my memory of the 80’s 😂
The report from Peter Ohanra Hanrahan about the German finance minister was great!
Absolute razor-sharp satire of a hitherto unimagined dimension. You have to run it through a few times to fully appreciate how exquisitely incisive it is. No wonder it didn't last long - it's far too brilliant.
I miss the New Zealand Prendergast and its Russia desk
Chris Morris as Kurt Cobain, cracks me up everytime
The swimming pool scenes were comedy gold
I reckon by now I could actually recite that Alan Partridge horse-racing scene by heart but this show still makes me laugh embarrassingly loud.
3:05 - I really like this subtle piss take at BBC Weather team always ignoring Northern Ireland back then. I remember Northern Ireland would be totally missed by the weather forecaster at times, and they dug into that here.
"An exploded cardinal, now does sermons from fish tank" dude the writing in this is so beyond words.
I've seen his series a couple times: the writing in his projects is so next level and amazing. And there are so many things that you miss + 420
Still the greatest UK comedy of the 90s: possibly all time. Nothing has come close since.
Uzi Lover is a big tune!!
0:40 YEEESSS! 😂😂😂
If I ever own a horse it's either called Two Headed Sex Beast or Zeinab Badawi's 20 hotels
the only thing better than the horse names are the football team names in another episode ahahahaha
...written 20 odd years ago and STILL ahead of it's time if it was relesased today. Where are you Chris Morris????? We're sorry!!!!!
Thank you Armando Iannucci
Just finishing off a new film called "The Day Shall Come", set in Miami.
was obsessed with this programe back when it was aired, Fur Q made me laugh so hard i cried :D
He had me at "YES"
Casually shooting up at the end.
"The dentist managed to escape on a nearby yacht."
I think I've just pissed myself.
This creates within me a mixture of crying laughter with bouts of bottomless awful depression
pure class so funny there's nothing even remotely as good today
LOL at 6.12 - great to see the deaf catered for
Oddly enough, Kurt Cobain died shortly after this episode aired.
To be honest with you if I was Kurt Cobain and someone made a sketch about me selling out to sell panty liners I’d probably kill myself too.
Did he go with a panty smile?
@@Stephen-OldBadGamerno, which is a shame, because they would have helped!😮
Let's hope that horseplay doesn't escalate into blind ugly violence.
Onion Terror, MASSIVE Bereavement, Trust Me I'm A Stomach...
Question Time live from Wembley! Brilliant!
This is one of the very few comedy shows that has had me laughing out loud. Brilliant.
I'm dying at "Ich nichten lichten"
I love Question Time live from Wembley Stadium! 17:06 Jacob Rees-Mogg's dad William getting a name check there.
Last night I went with a team to there.
Poetry.
This is my humour
I wish spoof shows were like this today
The entire country is now like that pool receptionist.
More like that weedy lifeguard, in the sense that we're weakly allowing everyone into out country/pool.
seems everyones some bitch who moans about the state of our country
The entire country is one character or another from this show.
Unfortunately what we wanted to happen was for everyone to be more like the writers.
Let’s hope that tomfoolery doesn’t escalate into blind, ugly violence…
Amazing
"Trente percente"
this show is pure genius
Razor sharp cutting edge comedy.
Just fantastic!!!! Perfect comedy!
"...man raised by puffins..."
Seriously, I've been randomly saying "Where now for man raised by puffins?", at select moments, since 1994! It was my absolute favourite spleen bursting line of the series!
Please post as many episodes as you can. I love this show. Thanks for the upload
Peter O'Hanrahanran reminds me of me at work lol
Question Time at Wembley is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen
Pure GENIUS!
From Fur Q calling Mark Goodyear literally every curse name under the sun, to a seamless transition to the final shot of Rok Tv's title, deep inside Cher's naughty bits.
Masterful!
( and exactly how I'd always imagined the journey would look)
Collaterly Sisters cracks me up.
Made before my birth and I'm Dutch - not British, but still think it is brilliant
This is slowly becoming too accurate to actually be comedy.
Strange enough BBC America shows nothing but Star Trek Next Generation. It would be nice to see all the shows I enjoy. I call them Britcoms I need it!
Agreed!!
for the record "I don't like it, but I'll have to go along with it" in German is "Ich mag es nicht, aber ich muss gehen zusammen mit ihm"
That needed clearing up
TheLoverboyz901 Thought it was.
Actually with Brexit the Germans will acquire the Brits percentage and will have 42.5% .
WELL DONE YOU BREXITEERS LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE HANDED THE GERMANS
Ich.... er... ich.... nichten.... lichten....
Funny how crap Google Translate was 9 years ago. That’s some atrocious German.
Try something like: „Es ist zwar nicht erfreulich, aber ich werde diese Entscheidung mittragen müssen.“
still so good. love it
The only source I trust these days.
Partridge's line at 5:43 XD.
That ostrich looked exactly like Sinead O'Connor. Nearly wet myself when that came on.
I spat my tea out from this morning I laughed so hard at that.
Having been a sports coach, I can totally understand the poor impotent swimming teacher!
That was an effective anti speeding campaign.
I forgot how good this was ,very funny
"The Day Today. Game keeper to the events rhino"
1:39 hahahaha, poor Hanrahan
I can't believe this is 25 years old now - a tribute to the exceptionally high standard of the writing - it hasn't aged at all.
And is it just me, or does the news studio look like the ITN/ITV News set from about 5 years ago?
The 'out-of-control' graphics exactly match the modern style of Sky and ITV!
ITV News has been a green screen virtual void set for years. The Day Today set was far superior.
Also an ITV graphics designer worked on the show
It took me until the end of the sketch to realise that Fur Q was actually Chris Morris.
As is Suki Bapsqwent
3:32 you can see armando stood staring at coogan lolololo
i could spot that bald patch and those ears from a mile off
Love the way Peter O’Hanrar hanrahanrahan gets punched in the background of the Hellwyn Ballard piece.
…and since when have Devon and Cornwall been on the South East? 😂
“Six thirty delayed, due to a collapsed paddock - they’re just sorting that out now”
I've seen this countless times over the years and today for the first time I noticed what was going on in the background at 1:38.
Why is nobody talking about the fact that the camera goes up Cher's privates for the Rok TV logo?!🤣🤣🤣
I know eh? Absolute class!😂😂
susie bapswent haha
also that ian curtis bit caught me off guard
Fur Q has got some serious flow!
Rock TV left me in stitches
Tom Wright The Ian Curtis joke is horrible but amazing
Tom Wright Yes it's brilliantly naff.
I'm glad someone else has noticed Mick Hucknall's resemblance to Charlie Drake.
It's Nicola Murray at the pool!
2.22 to 2.32 was surely the inspiration for Fonejacker.
...onlybecauseyoulandedinsomebody'sstomach...
At 1:38 I'm pretty sure Peter O Hanrahanrahan gets KO'd in the background 🤔😂
Click ting stamps
She is Plough from Toast of London with the Boss from IT Crowd. I have alot of British comedy to watch.
Chris Morris needs to get hired as Andrew Neil's replacement on GBNews
So many good lines, "collapsed paddock" and "The dentist escaped to a nearby yaht" lol